Rachel Deblinger

Published Writing

Peer-reviewed work on Holocaust memory, testimony, and post-custodial collection building.

Book

Saving Our Survivors: How American Jews Learned about the Holocaust

Indiana University Press

2025
Chapter

The Holocaust in American History and Memory

in The Oxford Handbook of American Jewish History, edited by Shari Rabin and Michael R. Cohen, Oxford University Press

2025
Chapter

Cultural Memory Machines and the Futures of Testimony

in Ethics of the Algorithm: Digital Humanities and Holocaust Memory, Princeton University Press

with Todd Presner

2024
Article

Building International Partnerships for Digitisation and Preservation

Journal of Digital Media Management, vol. 10, no. 2

with Jennifer Osorio, Sharon E. Farb, and Todd Grappone

2022
Chapter

Purim, Passover, & Pilgrims: Symbols of Survival and Sacrifice in American Postwar Holocaust Survivor Narratives

in Reconstructing the Old Country: American Jewry in the Post Holocaust Decades, edited by Sheila Elana Jelen and Eleana Adler, Wayne State University Press

2017

Selected Speaking Engagements

Connecting with audiences, sharing my research, and promoting the Modern Endangered Archives Program.

Recent

May 28, 2026Panel Discussant, “Endangered Archives: Practical Preservation Strategies for Faith-Based and Community Archives”Webinar, International Council on Archives — Section for Archives of Faith Traditions (SAFT)
May 20, 2026Book talk (virtual)Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
2026New Books in Jewish StudiesPodcast, with Ran Zwigenberg (Penn State)
Jan 2026Presenter, “Evaluating Rights Before You Scan: Modern Endangered Archives Program”Digital Library of the Caribbean — Copyright & Ethical Reuse in Digital Libraries series
Dec 2, 2025Pantirer Memorial Scholars LectureKean University
Nov 18, 2025Book talkThe 1939 Society, Royce Hall, UCLA
Nov 2025Book talkColgate University, Department of History
Oct 28, 2025Goldstein-Goren Center programSkirball Department, NYU
Jul 27, 2025Book & Author SeriesIllinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Mar 2025Panel Discussant, “Ethics of Data,” at “Dealing with Difficult Pasts: Ethics, Collections, and Public Spaces”University of Virginia
Feb 2025Panel Discussant, “Ethics of the Algorithm: Digital Humanities and Holocaust Memory,” with Todd Presner (UCLA), Anna Bonazzi (UCLA), and moderator Tim Cole (University of Bristol)UCLA Leve Center for Jewish Studies
Oct 2024Panel Chair, “Protecting Culture during Conflict”Timeless Archives, Timely Connections: Preserving Endangered Documentary Heritage and Inspiring Collaboration Conference, British Library